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It’s always important to think about the problems you’ll be solving for customers, but what fascinates me is how some of these people were solving their own problems—and how those solutions turned into huge, money-making businesses for them.

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Sometimes, it's not difficult to start a business – all we need is a good, difficult problem to solve.

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All the best with you talk! I can’t join it live but would love to watch it later if a recording is available.

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Many thanks for your support, Gaurav! I hope a recording will be available

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Great examples Svyatoslav, they illustrate your points very well!

I hope that your talk goes well (there's an impressive range of speakers, great that there's no cost to attend but it would be ideal if recordings were available to enable later viewing)

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My talk will take place on Saturday, and I hope it will go well! Many thanks for your support!

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Lots of things to think about in this one. For radio, as an example, who is the primary customer? Advertisers or listeners? How that’s viewed will drive the business. Thanks for the post.

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I believe that listeners are more important. If we have listeners, we can somehow find a way to capitalise on them (though, it's very hard). But if we don't have listeners we won't have advertisers.

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Your brilliant story paints a clear picture of absurd connections between creative, once unimaginable values and billions of dollars. By weaving these disparate elements together, you illustrated and articulated how unexpected innovations as a disruptive model challenge our norms and create massive value. The image (from 2008 and 2019) is such a great case to understand your key message: "Don't Beat the Competition but Make It Obsolete." I witnessed a few of these things in my industry in the last 42 years. in this exceptional story. Thank you for writing this valuable piece. I saved this as a reference source.

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Many thanks for your support, Mehmet!

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